William harper



(No Model.)

W. HARPER.

SUPPORT FOR LAMP SHADES.

Patented Mar. 26, 188.9. 0

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PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM HARPER, OF BROOKLYN,'NE\V YORK, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-THIRD TO EDIVARD H. FESSENDEN, OF SAME PLACE.

SUPPORT FOR LAM P-SHADES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 400,208, dated March 26, 1889.

' Application filed March 29, 1888. Serial No. 268,84l. (N model.)

To (@ZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM HARPER, of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Supports for Lamp- Shades, of which the following is a specification.

I will describe a support for a lamp-shade embodying my improvement, and then point IO outthe novel features in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of a lamp-harp and supports for a shade embodying my improvements. 1 have shown a shade in dotted outlines. Fig.

2 is a plan or top view of the same. Fig. 3 is a view of one of the supports detached.

Similar letters of reference designate corresponding parts in all the figures.

The lamp-harp comprises two arms, A. In

this example of my improvement the harp is made from a single piece of wire bent at about midway of its length, the arms being brought around and secured in a center piece, 13,0011- stituting a support for a lamp. I have illustrated convenient means for supporting the shade embodying my improvement, consisting in a support comprising curved elongated arms 0, made of Wire, substantially concentric with the shade, so that the expansion or 0 contraction of the wire will be in the direction of the circumference of the shade. Near their ends these arms are provided with hooklike portions a, constituting seats for the shade. About midway in their lengths these 3 5 arms are provided with shanks or projections I). These shanks or projections are formed by bending the wire of which the arms are formed into the required shape. The shanks or pro j ections are adapted to be inserted in sockets 0 0, formed, as here shown, by bending pieces of metal about the arms A of the harp. The pieces of metal in which the sockets c are formed are secured to the arms of the harp by solder or otherwise.

D designates a hook, from which a smoke- 5 7 bell, d, may be hung and by which the harp may be suspended.

Although I have shown the lamp-harp and the supports for the shade as made of wire and the sockets for the shanks or projections b as made of metal, secured to the arms of the harp, I do not wish to be limited to that material nor mode of construction, as the harp provided with suitable sockets might be cast, while the supports for the shade might also be cast. Neither-do I wish to be understood as limiting myself to the particular form of support shown, nor the means for detachably securing the support to the arms of the harp, as these might be varied in many ways which ()0 will readily suggest themselves without departing from the spirit of my invention.

By rendering the support for the shade detachable from the harp the same may be removed and packed flat with the harp for purposes of shipment, making a thin compact package occupying little space, while but little trouble is necessary in assembling the parts. The device also' affords a convenient means for supporting a shade at its lower edge, and when made of wire is very inexpensive.

hat I claim as my invention, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The combination, with a lamp-harp provided with sockets, of supports for a shade, comprising two single wires having central shanks for engaging the sockets, the arms of said supports extending laterally at each side of the harp-wire substantially concentric with the shade and provided at their ends with Sohook-seats for the shade, substantially as specified.

WILLIAM HARPER.

Witnesses:

JAMES D. GRIswoLo, D. II. DmscoLL. 

